Sculptural art
Site-specific and integrated art
2-D art, including murals, mosaic, photography, etc.
Pittsburgh Creative Corps Artist Directory
James Simon
James Simon Sculpture INC
Primary Discipline
Artistic Practice
Ceramic / Glass
Murals
Perry Harvey Sr. Park Gateway Sculptures, 2016. Concrete. 17′ tall. Commissioned by the City of Tampa, FL.
Magic River Mosaic, 2019. Mosaic glass and ceramic tile. 6′ x 125′. Commissioned by Realize Bradenton in Bradenton, FL.
Welcome to Uptown, 2011. Glass and ceramic tile. 15′ x 15′. Commissioned by Uptown Partners of Pittsburgh.
Liberty Avenue Musicians, 2006. Concrete. 15′ tall. Commissioned by No-Wall Productions.
Portrait of August Wilson, 2017. Mosaic and ceramic tile. 8′ diameter. Commissioned by the Jeron X. Grayson Community Center.
About the Artist
James Simon is an award-winning public art sculptor and mosaic artist whose work can be found worldwide. Educated in the early 1980s in a private apprenticeship in Oxford, England, Simon is known for his dramatic large-scale works. He works in a variety of mediums, including ceramic, concrete, bronze, fused glass, and mosaic. He is co-founder of “Art on Gist Street,” an ongoing public art project creating an outdoor street gallery of paintings and sculptures to help revitalize the Uptown neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
Photo by James Simon
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Accreditations, Certifications, and/or Awards
- Winner of “Best Neighborhood Public Art,” Pittsburgh Magazine, 2009;
- Artists and Cities Award, ACTION Housing, 2015;
- Neighborhood Leader Award, Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, 2015
Provides Fabrication Services to Other Artists
No
Teaching Artist
Yes, high school and university
Joined the Directory
May 2023
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PROJECT
Pittsburgh Creative Corps
Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh Creative Corps initiative engages artists and creative workers to activate the public realm while providing economic opportunity.
“I trained as a violin maker, a renaissance art that demands precision and discipline. My work utilizes the discipline of this classical training while incorporating a ‘street freedom’ that depicts history and contemporary life in a poetic, transcendental style. The heart of my work is to give. To give to a community, to pay homage to its history, while representing its contemporary life, to create a magical environment.”
James Simon
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PROJECT
Pittsburgh Creative Corps
Designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pittsburgh Creative Corps initiative engages artists and creative workers to activate the public realm while providing economic opportunity.
